Monday, May 11, 2026 - One person has di£d and 18 others were injured in an accident involving a truck and a commercial bus along the Osoosa/Bigi Junction on the Sagamu-Benin Expressway in Ogun State.
The accident involved a Mercedes-Benz truck with
registration number FZE 223 CR and a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number
KTP 331 XC.
Spokesperson for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement
Agency (TRACE), Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident in a
statement.
Akinbiyi attributed the crash to excessive
speeding by the driver of the Mercedes-Benz truck, who reportedly lost
control of the vehicle and rammed into the Toyota Hiace bus.
He added that TRACE operatives, alongside personnel of
Amotekun, the police and the Nigerian Army, participated in the rescue
operation at the scene.
The injured victims were taken to IDERA Hospital, Odogbolu,
while the deceased was deposited at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital
morgue.
Akinbiyi further stated that the accident vehicles had been
evacuated and towed to the Papa Oscar yard at the Obalende Police Division.
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